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- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
brothers returned to the United States, she argued, they somehow would find a way to make it work. Money, by necessity, became an obsession. Throughout his first year at HBS, Sityodtong sent $10 each week to his mother in Thailand, money earned by View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
percent. We were seeing a massive write-off—$30 odd million of ingredients because nobody's buying anything. And at the same time, one night, my wife and I are trying to order online grocery. And the online grocery is saying, "I'm going... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
we’re burning down the house and we have to stop? When is it going to happen?” And he looks at me and says, “You know, change is really slow until it’s fast.” One of the things I do with businesspeople is a very simple scenario analysis: “What are the View Details
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
questions were generated by that odd ritual, the recruiting event. Her visit was sponsored by MBA Career Services. “You really have to be on your game in a recessionary economy,” Smith cautioned a gathering of about fifty students. “Make... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
an odd experience for Kramer the journalist: SEC rules prohibited MarketWatch from covering its own much-anticipated debut - or even from running stories by other news media that might mention it - so as not to unfairly promote its stock.... View Details
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
considered his humanitarian work to be at odds with his business activities. In fact, his international experiences have informed Palliser’s strategic decisions. “We’ve acted globally for the past 40 years,” he says. In the 1990s, when... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
with its star’s interests and goals? What if an organizational change prevents stars from undertaking the type of assignments they most enjoy? What if the nature of the firm’s culture and leadership is frequently at odds with the way its... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
from 6 percent to 15 percent in the last seven years and continues to grow. “We’re not yet where we want to be,” he stresses, “but we’re making meaningful progress on a challenge that’s been historically difficult for schools.” Helping Kids Beat the View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
odds to make his company successful. The Best Chapter: Keeping It Real As We Get Older By Teri Martin (MBA 1980) NFI Publishing Through a series of short and quick vignettes, the author lightheartedly shares her views, tips, and advice on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
advantage. Managers can shape innovations into legitimate disruptive offerings that leave the competition scrambling. They can dramatically increase their odds of creating new growth businesses, again and again. — Margie Kelley View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
this without the on-the-ground project experience and guest speakers from those classes.” What was the experience of being on Shark Tank like? Wiegele: “The process itself was incredibly helpful, which may be an odd thing to say, but it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
world, and half-time teaching. I was such an odd duck: Dean Baker wasn’t too clear about what I would teach and neither was I! Thus began a long association with INCAE for HBS and for me personally. It’s been a fruitful relationship with... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
office, but maintains that his long-term ties give him an advantage. “The big question is who can be more effective for our district,” he says. Edwards may defy the odds once again. Polls in mid-October showed him with a commanding... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
and John Maynard Keynes, who was a British economist and one of the leading economic thinkers of the time. Despite their differences, their assessment was remarkably similar; that is, how odd it was that there was no shortage of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
we can lower the odds that we’ll freeze up in the moment while also sustaining courage over prolonged periods. We also can inspire others around us to display what Gulati calls collective courage. Whether you’re a leader steering your... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
things seem impossible. Professor Malhotra draws out lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of real-life negotiations, including drafting the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and NHL, and beating the View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Desert Dust-Up
Simmons Photo Courtesy Simmons & Co. INTL. Oil and water don’t mix. That truism about elements at odds could also serve as an analogy for Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67), who’s sometimes known as a petroleum-industry contrarian. But it’s the... View Details
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
Lunches” in the Hamptons every summer for I think thirty-some odd years, and it would be twenty to thirty people at every lunch, maybe a hundred over the course of the summer. And it would be every tech, finance, business titan you can... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
transportation industry 33 alumni work for a railroad 1908 Railroad Organization and Finance course offered at HBS 1915 James J. Hill Professorship of Transportation endowed 1935 "Railroad weekend" workshops held for business leaders; continue until start of WWII Omaha... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
energy and make a profit." "The challenge was to find ways to conserve energy and make a profit." Few industries would seem to be more at odds with resource conservation issues than the electric utility business, where profitability has... View Details